http://www.economist.com/node/21556087
The all important snippet:
What a good idea.
The all important snippet:
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As transistors get smaller, keeping them cool and error-free becomes more difficult. Lowering the voltage at which transistors operate produces less heat, but further reductions are now difficult because feebler voltages result in more frequent errors. The march towards ever-smaller and faster chips “is starting to come unglued”, says Dr Mudge. That is why he and other computer scientists are taking a new approach: designing microchips that can tolerate errors in their operation. Such inexact or “sloppy” chips, as they are also known, can be smaller, faster and more energy-efficient.
The important thing is to control where the errors occur.
The important thing is to control where the errors occur.
What a good idea.
